00:00 This is a thousand year old visit to the Church in San Pedro Laguna
00:04 because of the miraculous image of Grandpa Uyeng.
00:07 That's right.
00:08 It's even more so, Ms. Lynn, when it's Easter.
00:11 It's believed that this can cure a disease.
00:15 Janzel is here to learn the stories of Grandpa Uyeng.
00:19 Hi, Janzel.
00:20 Hi, Janzel.
00:21 Yes, I'm on my way back here to San Pedro Laguna
00:28 to visit Grandpa Uyeng's Church.
00:30 Grandpa means grandfather,
00:32 and Uyeng means Emmanuel.
00:34 Emmanuel Salvador del Mundo,
00:36 or Emmanuel, Savior of the World.
00:38 Ms. Lynn said earlier that thousands of people and devotees
00:42 come here every Holy Friday
00:44 to visit the image of Grandpa Uyeng.
00:47 They call this a burial,
00:49 and they believe that this can cure a disease.
00:52 That's why we're here with one of Grandpa Uyeng's devotees
00:56 who prayed and it was fulfilled.
00:59 Sir Angelito Quintana.
01:01 Good morning, sir.
01:03 Sir, how long have you been a devotee of Grandpa Uyeng?
01:08 Actually, I started devoting myself to Grandpa Uyeng
01:12 when I was 17 years old.
01:14 17 years old. How old are you now?
01:16 I'm 55, and I've been in service for 38 years.
01:18 38 years.
01:20 So, you've been through something and prayed and it was fulfilled.
01:24 What is that?
01:25 Actually, I've been serving Grandpa Uyeng for 18 years.
01:30 I was hit by a severe illness.
01:34 I had complications.
01:36 Okay.
01:37 My lungs and my backbone were affected.
01:42 What kind of diseases?
01:44 Lungs?
01:45 Lungs and my backbone were affected.
01:47 My backbone was 90 years old.
01:49 Okay.
01:50 All my lymph nodes were exposed to the body.
01:54 When I was in the PGH,
01:56 at that time, I had skin and bone.
02:00 I was in the PGH for two years.
02:02 I thought it was just an ordinary illness.
02:04 Just a lung?
02:05 Yes.
02:06 But it was not.
02:07 A lot of things happened inside.
02:09 In the PGH, that was it.
02:12 You found out that your illness was serious?
02:15 Yes, ma'am.
02:16 How long did you endure this illness?
02:19 Actually, for two years.
02:21 I endured the pain until it became severe.
02:24 I used steroids for the pain.
02:28 How difficult was it for you to endure?
02:31 It was really difficult.
02:34 Because you know, you have a back bone that is 90 years old.
02:41 At the same time, I still serve God.
02:44 I still serve with Grandpa Uyeng as a choir.
02:47 So, maybe five to ten minutes before I get the right posture
02:52 so that my body will be okay.
02:55 So, how did you get better?
02:58 Actually, I went to a lot of places,
03:02 like faith healers, everything, and doctors.
03:04 Our last source was God.
03:08 So sad, but that was my last source.
03:11 And faith is really the only thing I pray for.
03:14 So, you got better after two years, after everything you've been through?
03:18 Yes, ma'am, totally.
03:21 Thank you very much, sir.
03:24 And that's a proof that Grandpa Uyeng was able to get better in his faith.
03:30 Aside from the image of Grandpa Uyeng,
03:33 there's a balloon that Grandpa Uyeng visited earlier
03:37 where he got water from the devotees to drink.
03:42 It's also used to wash away the body parts that are sick
03:46 because they believe that it can heal.
03:49 This balloon is more than 100 years old,
03:52 but it never ran out of water for the devotees.
03:57 So, if you're in San Pedro, Laguna,
04:00 please visit this balloon and its image.
04:03 Back to the studio.
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